Ink-well



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SALLIE II. NIXON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

INK-WELL.

summaries forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,672, dated July 1 1,1899. Application filed March 29, 1899. Serial No. 710,954. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALLIE' H. NIXON, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis city, State of Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Ink- Wells; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The invention has relation to ink-wells; and the object of the inventionis to provide an ink-well with a cover which in the act of dipping thepen may be removed from its position over the well and which after thepen has been dipped will automatically assume its former position andcover the well and protect the ink from evaporation and dust.

With this object in view, the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, whichwill be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmyimproved ink-well, showing the cover withdrawn from over the mouth ofthe ink-well. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the cover inposition.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the supportingbase provided with standards 2,which may be formed with pen-racks 3. 4 denotes the ink-well supportedon said base, and 5 denotes a rock-shaft journaled in the upper ends ofsaid standards and provided with a laterallydisposed weight 6.

7 denotes the ink-well cover,which is preferably provided with arearwardly-extending bifurcated lug 8, which is connected to an arm 9,fixed to the shaft and projecting downwardly and provided with a slot10, the lower end of which is closed and the upper end of which is open.The lower end of this arm is arranged between the bifurcated members ofthe lug and is connected thereto by a transverse pin 11. Y

12 denotes an operating-arm, one end of I which is connected to therock-shaft and the other end of which projects downwardly and thenceupwardly and is provided with a plate or disk 13.

In operation in the act of dipping the pen one of the fingers is pressedagainst the plate or disk as the point of the pen is being low ered, andthis pressure upon the disk will rotate the shaft and withdraw the coverfrom overthe mouth of the well, thus permitting the insertion of thepen-point into the well.

As the point is withdrawn from the well the weight exerts its force torock the shaft in a reverse direction to that just described and thecover is returned to its normal position and the well closed.

The pin-and-slot connection of the cover with the arm 9 insures a snugfit of the cover with the ink-well, which would not be the case were itsimply a pivotal connection without a slip-joint, and by having the slotopen at one end the cover may be easily and quickly disengaged from thearm 9 when it is desired to refill the well.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages ofthe device will be readily apparent without requiring an extendedexplanation. The device is exceedingly simple, may be made at smallcost, and by its employment the ink will be protected from dust andevaporation, thus effecting a great saving. 1

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

' dially from its axis to form a weight, an arm connected to therock-shaft and projecting downwardly at right angles to theradiallyextending portion of the rock-shaft and having its lower endturned parallel with its body portion to form an open-ended slot, anangular operating-arm projecting downwardly from said rock-shaft, and acover having a bifurcated-extension between the members of which islocated the transverse pin that fits and loosely plays in the open-endedslot of the downwardly-extendingarm substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

SALLIE H. NIXON.

Witnesses:

C. K. JONES, A. F. RoBINs.

